Post Election Hate Running Rampant

Put forth by XicanoPwr


Last week, seven teenagers went out on a modern-day lynching because they had an urge “to beat up some Mexicans.” Ecuadorian immigrant, Marcello Lucero, was killed in what Suffolk Police are calling a hate crime. He was murdered at the hands of of seven high school students in Patchogue, New York, who were targeting for [...]

Our Moral Duty for Supporting The “Hate Crimes” Bill

Put forth by XicanoPwr


As Americans, we extol the virtues of freedom and rail against oppression. I feel it is important that we address the main reasons why we need to support the proposed expansion of the existing “hate crimes” law and why the current bill should be approved the Senate and signed by President Bush. I do feel [...]

Another Hate Crime Beating

Put forth by XicanoPwr


In United States, we are often told if we work hard enough, the sky’s the limit in the “Land of the Free.” The only problem, nobody ever told us about the fine print, only certain types of people are equal. What was written in Declaration of Independence, “All men are created equal,” is far from [...]

The Chicano Survivor of The Hate Crime Beating Takes His Own Life

Put forth by XicanoPwr


If you recall, David Ritcheson was the Latino teen, who was brutally beat, tortured, and sodomized with a plastic pole by two white racist teenagers, David Henry Tuck and Keith Robert Turner. This all occurred one year ago and sadly, David could no longer conceal his pain because on the morning of July 1, he [...]

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